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Reference Letter from TVA Lead

JAMES SCOTT PARKER

9784 Berry Meadow Way, Soddy Daisy, TN 37379
Phone: H: 423.332.3103 M: 423.432.0387
E-mail: JamesS.Parker@gmail.com, Website: www.JSParker.com

EDUCATION

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, TN
Master of Business Administration 2007
Honors: Outstanding Graduate Student, Distinguished Graduate Student

University of Tennessee - Chattanooga, TN
Bachelor of Science Computer Science, Minor Entrepreneurship 2003
Honors: Received National Science Foundation Scholarship

Related Coursework: Website Development, Software Engineering, Project Management, Network Security, E-commerce, E-marketing, Computer Ethics, C++ Programming, Communications, Graphic Design, Business Writing, Business Plans, Business Strategy, Marketing Plans, International Business, New Venture Creation, Managerial Accounting.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 2009 - Present
Project Manager - Financial Services, Financial Planning and Risk
• Develop IT and functional business requirements documents needed for technical solutions.
• Responsible for designing and implementing information technology solutions for business operations.
• Lead efforts to ensure the organization meets TVA IT Security and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) IT compliance.
• Act as Project Manager for O&M technology projects.
• Manage technology (Triple Point Commodity XL, ZEMA, Ventyx) that supports the Financial Trading Program.
• Provide support to financial risk analytics and commodity price forecasting business functions.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 2008 - 2009
IT Infrastructure Architecture Analyst - IT Engineering Planning
• Responsible for designing and implementing information systems which will support enterprise infrastructure.
• Work with other TVA organizations to help implement technology solutions for business requirements.
• Conduct data and business process modeling as needed per customer or enterprise requirements.
• Perform technical engineering design evaluations to recommend possible solutions for business problems.
• Act as the technical lead and work with Facilities Management to help customize and implement the following software packages; Tririga Workplace Enterprise Management and Meeting Room Manager.
• Develop Cognos reports for Facilities Management as part of the Enterprise Asset Management project.
• Member and Leading Facilitator for the Information Services Employee Council. A council created to increase the cultural awareness and morale of the Information Services organization.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 2003 - 2008
Data Analyst - Information Engineering
• Assist Business Analysts in developing data models of business processes for Enterprise Operations.
• Help provide and maintain data dictionary support, data naming, metadata reports, and initial database structure generation with Oracle and SQL Server tools such as Toad and SQL Navigator.
• Conduct logical and physical data modeling (using ERwin), business process modeling (using ProVision), and data conversion mapping (using Informatica) projects by collecting data and process requirements.
• Build and manage metadata repository for enterprise by using ETL tool (Informatica) to integrate data between systems and databases.
• Write standard policies, procedures and ensure adherence to those standards for Information Services.
• Prepare software integration plans; perform acceptance testing, installations, and upgrades to supported software systems.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 2002 - 2003
Project Planner - Intern - IT Planning
• Software and hardware project scheduling with MS Project and IBM SUMMIT Ascendant.
• Provide project managers with technical user support and IBM SUMMIT Ascendant project best practices.
• Use MS Access to create reports, run queries, and update data tables for TVA projects warehouse.
• Redesign IBM SUMMIT Ascendant system web pages and create new graphics to fit TVA standards.

Eternal Angels, www.EternalAngels.com - July 2002 to May 2004
Co-founder
Webmaster, sales representative, internet marketer, and more for E-commerce business that sells angel gifts online.

Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN 2000 - 2001
IT Support Specialist - Intern - IT Service Center
• Complete software, hardware, and network service call requests from TVA employees.
• Collect support request information from customers and open tickets for second line support personnel.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Software:Microsoft (Word, Excel, Project, Power Point, Outlook, Front Page, Internet Explorer, Access, Visio), Adobe (Acrobat, Go Live, Photoshop, Illustrator, Live Motion), Corel Draw, Macromedia (Dreamweaver, Flash), SUMMIT Ascendant 8.0, Rational (Rose, Requisite Pro, Clear Quest), ERwin Data Modeler, BPwin Business Process Modeler, Advantage Data Transformer, Platinum Repository/OEE, Informatica PowerCenter, ProForma ProVision Business Process Modeler, Unicorn Semantic Modeling and Repository Tool, Tririga Integrated Workplace Management Certified Developer, Cognos 8 Authoring Professional Reports Certification, Triple Point Commodity XL (CXL).

Programming Languages: C++, HTML, Java Script, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS), Structured Query Language (SQL), Rational Unified Process (RUP), Universal Modeling Language (UML), Data Modeling, XML, Extract Transform and Load (ETL).

Operating Systems: Windows (95, NT, 2000, XP, Vista, Windows 7), MAC OS 10

HONORS

Eagle Scout -1994
Completed TVA Internship Program as an IT Support Specialist - 2001
Member of UTC College Entrepreneur Organization - 2001, 2002
Received National Science Foundation Scholarship - 2002
Member and webmaster for local Project Management Institute (PMI) Chapter - 2004 - 2007
Wrote and Self-Published book "My College Tips" - 2004
University of Tennessee Chattanooga College of Business Distinguished Student Award - 2007
University of Tennessee Chattanooga Graduate School Outstanding Graduate Student Award - 2007
Tririga Certified Developer - 2007
IS Employee Council - Facilitator - 2008
Cognos 8 Authoring Professional Reports Certification - 2008

HOBBIES AND PERSONAL SKILLS

Website Design, Hosting, and Marketing, E-commerce, Business Plans, Graphic Design, Audio and Video Equipment, Outdoor Sports, Basketball, Working Out, Writing, Self-Publishing, Entrepreneurship, Digital Photography, Boxing, Promoting "My College Tips", Member and Deacon at Dallas Bay Baptist Church, Member of Chattanooga Chapter of Toastmasters International.